Martha Speaks"Martha Puts Out The Lights (Pts. 1 & 2)"
Martha gets people to sign a petition to ban fireworks, but Helen and her friends are devastated.G

3:00 pm

The Electric Company"Wordball Games"
Right before the yearly Wordball Games, the neighborhood Olympics, Hector sprains his ankle. With Hector unable to compete, The Electric Company does not have enough players to participate against the four Pranksters! But when Manny also gets hurt, the numbers are even once again. Now the question is, can Marcus handle Hector's event the Word Obstacle course?. D

3:30 pm

WordGirl"Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers/Seymour....Right After This"
SONNY DAYS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS - Just when meteorologist, Sonny Days, is about to deliver the eagerly-awaited forecast, The Birthday Girl kidnaps him demanding that he announce her birthday on TV. Will WordGirl be able to free Sonny from the clutches of The Birthday Girl? Is it possible that today could be her real birthday? Vocabulary Words: Precipitation, Meteorologist. SEYMOUR-RIGHT AFTER THIS - When Seymour Smooth delays announcing his new show's winning ticket numbers, Becky gets suspicious. D

4:00 pm

Wild Kratts"A Huge Orange Problem"
While Chris and Martin are off searching for the endangered Orangutan in the deep forests of Borneo, back at the Tortuga HQ Aviva, Koki and Jimmy get carried away swinging on vines and their muscles so get incredibly sore that they can't do anything. The bros attempt to rush back with the first aid kit but a huge orangutan keeps tossing them back into the forest. Here they learn that orangutans use a special leaf and chew it into a lotion to ease muscle soreness, and return with this orangutan medicine to help their friends. D

4:30 pm

Cyberchase"Find Those Gleamers!"
(topic: Algebraic Variables) - The Hacker challenges Jackie, Matt and Inez to a contest on cyber-wide television! In order to prove to all of Cyberspace that Hacker's not as powerful or smart as he seems - the kids return to Topsy-Turvy Island on the Northern Frontier for the contest. Their mission is to power up a Mini-Wreaker using cyber-fireflies of varying power before the island turns inside out at sunset. The kids must use algebraic equations to determine how many Gleamers - and how much power - they'll need. D

5:00 pm

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman"Socket to Me"
Sam and Sammy work on helping Ruff decrease his electricity consumption while Harsha and Noel get singing lessons and have to perform.LIVE!. D

5:30 pm

Nightly Business Report
Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan square off in Danville, Kentucky for tonight's vice presidential debate. NBR's Darren Gersh takes a look at what to expect in this high stakes face-off. Sprint goes from buyer to seller. D

PBS Newshour Debates: A Special Report"2012 - Vice Presidential Debate"
Martha Raddatz, senior foreign affairs correspondent, ABC News, moderates the debate from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine segments of approximately 10 minutes each.G

9:00 pm

Midsomer Murders"Blue Herrings (Part 1)"
DCI Barnaby has a week off and takes the time to visit his elderly aunt, who is convalescing in a residential nursing home for the elderly. She prompts him to investigate a series of suspicious deaths after people have changed their wills. Part 1 of 2G

10:00 pm

POV"Biblioburro, The Donkey Library"
Two burros, Alfa and Beto, carry the circulating library of donated books that 39-year-old Luis Soriano, a small-town elementary school teacher in northern Columbia, takes to isolated villages during arduous weekend journeys. The film travels with Soriano, who walks with his donkeys, through dense tropical beauty on nearly impassible trails. They face dangers from nature and humans (guerillas, bandits) to reach the villages and the children hungry for learning.G